Team

We are a sister and brother duo who have worked for institutional clients in New York, San Francisco, and Boston and are exclusively focused on our clients' critical contract requirements. In 1999 we founded our firm to bring legal know-how to the operations of venture-backed companies that do not have a General Counsel on the management team. We believe that contracts are blueprints for successful business relationships. Taking the long view is what we do.

Fran Di Savino

Prior to founding Incounsel, Fran was the Principal and Associate Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs for Montgomery Securities in San Francisco. Fran worked directly with senior management on the structuring of private equity funds, capital markets transactions, and technology licensing projects. Prior to joining Montgomery, Fran was the Managing Director and General Counsel for Mabon Securities in New York where she managed the Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Human Resources Departments and was a Member of the Investment Banking Review Committee. She also consulted for Hambrecht & Quist in San Francisco and Boston. Fran began her career as a Corporate Associate in the New York offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Fran holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A. from Wellesley College. Fran has given Master Classes on contracts to venture funds, their portfolio companies, and our clients’ management teams.

Fran is also the co-author of two award-winning books published by University of California Press: The World of Sicilian Wine (UC Press, 2013) and Chianti Classico: The Search for Tuscany’s Noblest Wine (UC Press, 2016). As an author, Fran has lectured at universities and conferences in Boston, New York, Düsseldorf, Milan, Verona, and Florence.

Sam Di Savino

Prior to founding Incounsel, Sam worked for Bank of America in San Francisco where he served as a Trading Documentation Negotiator for the Derivatives and Foreign Exchange Departments. Sam previously managed his own consulting firm in Boston, focusing on start-up and athlete representation and working on a broad range of general corporate, contract, employment, immigration, UCC, international trade, and sports law matters. Sam holds a J.D. from Cardozo School of Law and a B.A. from Boston University. Sam completed the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School’s Seminar on Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. Sam is also a serious student of macroeconomics.